Japan pandas

February 21, 2011

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People walk under banners showing panda characters displayed at Ueno Station in Tokyo on February 21, 2011. Panda fever gripped Japan as a pair of the bamboo eaters was heading in from China, with Tokyo's zoo eying a visitor boom and the government predicting smoother ties with Beijing.

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People walk under banners showing panda characters displayed at Ueno Station in Tokyo on February 21, 2011. Panda fever gripped Japan as a pair of the bamboo eaters was heading in from China, with Tokyo's zoo eying a visitor boom and the government predicting smoother ties with Beijing.